ID request: 220211SP01

[sheetal chaudhari]

Location Pune:

Habit:Small tree

Inflorescence: Cauliflorous, compound capitulum

Flower: very sticky when touched.

Regards,

Sheetal Pachpande

[Pankaj Kumar]

To me this looks like a female tree of Broussonetia papyrifera.
Pankaj

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[sheetal chaudhari]

which family?

Regards,

Sheetal Pachpande

[shrikant ingalhalikar]

Yes, Pankaj ji is right on Broussonetia but this is a fruit (known as
Paper Muberry). The female flowers are greenish and hairy. Regards,
Shrikant

On Feb 22, 5:25 pm, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To me this looks like a female tree of Broussonetia papyrifera.
> Pankaj
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:37 PM, sheetal chaudhari
>

[Pankaj Kumar]

Yes sir, this is a fruit and fruit will obviously occur on female tree !!!
just kidding...
Yes Sheetal, the family is Moraceae.
Regards
Pankaj

[sheetal chaudhari]

Thank you for ID Pankaj ji and Shrikant ji.

I have seen this tree for first time.

Is the fruit edible?

Regards,

Sheetal Pachpande

[Pankaj Kumar]

Moneys do like it, dont know about humans.
I tried once, but it was almost tasteless...
Pankaj